Viewing the JVM logs
Overview
The JVM logs are written as plain text files. Therefore there are no special requirements to view these logs. They are located in the installation_directory/profiles/profile/logs/servername directory, and by default are named SystemOut.log and SystemErr.log.
There are two techniques that use to view the JVM logs for an application server:
- Use the adminstrative console. This supports viewing the JVM logs from a remote machine.
- Use a text editor on the machine where the logs are stored.
Procedure
- View the JVM logs from the administrative console.
- Start the administrative console.
- Click Troubleshooting > Logs and Trace in the console navigation tree. To view the logs for a particular server, click on the server name to select it, then click JVM Logs.
- Select the runtime tab.
- Click View corresponding to the log you want to view.
- View the JVM logs from the machine where they are stored.
- Go to the machine where the logs are stored.
- Open the file in a text editor or drag and drop the file into an editing and viewing program.